Merry Christmas

As Christmas is only one sleep away, I wanted to tell you all Merry Christmas and I hope you have a great day tomorrow with all your family and friends!

I also wanted to share a Sally Hansen nail polish I found with the perfect amount of sparkle--It's called Coat of Arms and it's perfect for the upcoming holidays^^

If you're in the need for a last minute treat, I baked some really delicious Oreo Truffle Brownies^^ You can find the original recipe here

I hope you all have a Merry Christmas!
-Carrie
Tomorrow is the last day to enter the giveaway, so be sure to sign up :)

Things I Like/5

{A Christmas Tree} for the upcoming holidays
{A holiday photo} for photo inspiration
{Christmas trees covered in snow} for a reminder of beauty
{Snowflakes} for a snowless Alabama
{A glitter skirt} for New Year's Eve

Don't forget to check out my giveaway on my previous post!
-Carrie

Giveaway

Hi, everyone! Because today is my 100th post, and I am so grateful for each and every one of my readers, I thought I'd give away a little something. Today, you can enter to win a set of elastic no tug hair ties! There will be one winner. The winner can pick one of the sets of 10 hair ties above.
If you are interested, please enter the Rafflecopter below :)
[This giveaway is only for residents of the U.S.]


a Rafflecopter giveaway Thank you all for stopping by my little blog. I am truly thankful for each and every one of you!
-Carrie

Winter Break

Hi, everyone! I wanted to stop in today and let you all know that I am FINALLY done with exams! In other exciting news, today is my last day of work and I will be headed home for winter break tomorrow. I am so excited to go home and be with my family and enjoy my time relaxing because this past month has been incredibly busy. While I'm here, I wanted to tell you all that I'll be having a small giveaway within the next week, I will be posting more consistently again, and I will be sharing some exciting news very soon! Also, thank you all for being so very patient with me and my inconsistency and ramblings over the past month.

-Carrie

Happy Birthday

Happy 20th Birthday to my very best friend. 

You are kind, sweet, humble, and strong.

Every day I feel blessed to have you in my life. 

Thank you for sharing your heart with me.

-Carrie 

Finals Week

My thoughts right now:
"Aren't you afraid you'll fail your exams?"

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Enough said.

I'll be back soon!
-Carrie

Face of the Day

I always find it interesting to see what makeup people use day-to-day, so I thought I'd share the makeup I'm wearing today:

Make Up For Ever HD Definition Foundation
Maybelline FIT ME Concealer
NYX AUTO Eyebrow Pencil
Tarte Amazonian Clay 12-Hour Blush
Covergirl Powder
Benefit Boi-ing Concealer
NYX Full Coverage Concealer in green and yellow
Urban Decay Naked 2 Palette

What is your face of the day today?
-Carrie

**My favorite mascara by Maybelline, The Rocket, didn't seem to make it in the photo :)

Things To Try This Winter

Every new season calls for a list of new things to try with friends or a significant other. This winter season, I have a few things I'm looking forward to trying. Take a peek at my list below!

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1. Go iceskating at an outside rink
2. Make a holiday craft
3. Find a new recipe to try
4. Take cookies to a neighbor
5. Learn how to knit

What are you going to try this winter?
-Carrie

Boi-ing

Hi, everyone! Today I am back with a small review for you all. I've been having difficulty trying to decide what product to tell you all about first because I just had a birthday and was rather spoiled with some amazing products I want to tell you about. I will go over all of them soon enough, but for today, I picked Benefit's Boi-ing concealer. 

I bought this concealer from Sephora for $20. To be honest, this was quite a big splurge for me as a college student as $20 is a lot to spend on something like a concealer. But, if you want to invest in a good concealer I'd say pick this one for sure! Anyways. I debated in the store and looked up reviews and found that most everyone was very happy with it so I decided to try it out.

This concealer is very thick and creamy. It covers greatly. I have used this every single day since I bought it because I think it's just that good. I apply it both with my clean fingers and a concealer brush. I think that depending on what kind of blemish, redness, or dark areas you try to conceal will need a different way of application, but I have found that either way works very well.

The downside to this product, in my opinion, is that after a full day of use, I noticed it does tend to break apart and dry out. I am starting to think this formulation is better for oily skin rather than dry skin. However, I think this issue can be fixed through adding a facial moisturizer or maybe even a foundation to it and mixing them. 

Overall, I have come to love this concealer and I don't think that I will go back to using anything else for a while!

Have you tried Benefit's Boi-ing concealer?

What is your favorite concealer?

-Carrie